Gospa Missions Blog

"The Virgin may suitably be called a blooming rose. Just as the gentle rose is placed among thorns, so this gentle Virgin was surrounded by sorrow." - St. Brigid The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows is a meditation on...

The 20th century was one of great upheaval, one where we saw incredible advancements in medicine and technology, but also tremendous suffering through modern warfare and totalitarian dictatorships. Secularism continued its march, creating prime conditions for modern-day saints. Few saints...

"Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul. And the other things on the face of the earth are created for man and that they may help him in...

“Receive, my beloved son, this habit of thy order: this shall be to thee and to all Carmelites a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal fire…It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in...

On July 11, we celebrate the feast day of one of the Church's greatest saints - St. Benedict. Benedict was born into a wealthy family north of Rome in 480, but gave up his studies and life of comfort to...

On June 24th, we celebrate the only solemnity for a birth in the Church's calendar, other than Jesus'. This is the birth of John the Baptist, the Precursor of the Lord, who would prepare the way for Him when His time...

Next Friday, we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart, in which we adore the tender and compassionate Heart of Jesus. Biblically, we see an early devotion to the Sacred Heart when St. John rests his head against Jesus' Heart...

Next Sunday is the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, a day when we honor the True Presence in the Eucharist. As Catholics, we believe that during consecration, the bread and wine become the actual Body and Blood of Christ. This teaching...

Next week, we celebrate the birthday of the Church on Pentecost. Pentecost remembers the 50th day after Jesus's Resurrection, when He sent down the Holy Spirit upon His apostles to go out and build up the Kingdom of God on...